This is the mark where I surpassed my first 1000 KM. Freeport Dr N.E at about 6:50AM on April 8, 2009. Not a very pretty or memorable location to say the least.I started biking to work at the beginning of August 2008.
My commute to work is 12 KM round trip.
I rode an average of 3 days per week into December and was forced to stop by the heavy snow. I could probably ride through the snow, but my route takes me along Country Hills Blved which is a busy arterial road in Calgary with traffic flowing at min. 70KM/hr. A bit too scary with snow, ice, frost mixed with drivers "that just want to get there," no matter what or who is in the way!
I rode a few nice days during the winter and was able to get back into full "daily" mode at the end of March.
As I type this, I realize that I may be closer to 10,000 Km in my lifetime as I consider all the riding I did as a kid. To school, to the store (for cigarattes for my folks, ha ha!!) to work, and the countless laps around my 1/3 mile "racetrack" (the street in front of the house I grew up in.)
So, time to change the title to 10K. Nah. My next 1K will arrive a lot sooner than it took me to attain that first 1K and who knows maybe I can put more mileage on my bike this year than my car.
